Religion
Eve
Translated by Thomas MacDonagh (1916) · From Poetical Works (1916): Lyrical Poems: Translations
Religion
I am Eve, great Adam's wife,
I that wrought my children's loss,
I that wronged Jesus of life,
Mine by right had been the cross.
I a kingly house forsook,
Ill my choice and my disgrace,
Ill the counsel that I took
Withering me and all my race.
I that brought winter in
And the windy glistening sky,
I that brought sorrow and sin,
Hell and pain and terror, I.
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MacDonagh, Thomas. “Eve.” Translated by Thomas MacDonagh. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/macdonagh/42/.
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MacDonagh, Thomas. “Eve.” Translated by Thomas MacDonagh. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/macdonagh/42/.
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